CIG 6829

Item

Text Category
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
200-209
Location of Display
Reference
CIG 6829
Quotation
Λ. Σεπτίμιος Τρύφων καὶ ὡς χρηματίζω, Ἀλεξανδρεὺς φιλόσοφος, γενόμενος ἱερεὺς κατὰ τὸ ἐξῆς δὶς καὶ ἀρχιερεὺς τοῦ καθηγεμόνος Διονύσου διὰ βίου, ἔτι τε καὶ τειμηθεὶς ἀρχιερεὺς Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ τοῦ νέου Διονύσου διὰ βίου καὶ ὑποσχόμενος αὐθαί- ρετος καὶ ταύτην τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην διὰ βίου ἐπιτελεῖν, τὸν Διόνυσον ἀνακοσμήσας ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων πρῶτος,
Part of Speech
Participle (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Object/ Person Ornamented
Dionysos - a statue of him
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Painting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Textile
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: any applied panting, jewellery, or robes on the statue
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lucius Septimius Tryphon of Alexandria
Item Identifier
A00497
Determination
Interpreted from context